[OT Lax] Cornell lacrosse vs. Hobart

[Hillel Hoffmann]

New Year's resolutions:

1) I will remember not to leave the toilet seat up.
2) I will not buy more than one CD per week.
3) I will not post any more treacly, melodramatic, overlong messages about Cornell lacrosse on eLynah.

OK, so two out of three ain't bad.

It's senior night, and a last-minute change of plans is gonna keep me from going to the game. Bollocks. Although a win tonight would help solidify Cornell's chances for a home playoff game, maybe this is one time to focus on big-picture stuff intead of the specifics of tonight's game. I hope that others will turn out to send off an amazing group of seniors. (Did anyone notice how this morning's article in the Sun about Cornell's top 25 senior athletes included four guys on the lacrosse team?) Best to let the facts speak for themselves:

Cornell's seniors won three consecutive Ivy titles (first time for Cornell since 1980-83).

In their final season, they led Cornell to the first undefeated season in Ivy League play by any team since 2001.

They qualified for the NCAA tournament two consecutive years (first time for Cornell since 1987-88) and three times in four years (first time for Cornell since 1987-89).

They actually won a few NCAA playoff games (Cornell's first playoff wins since 1988) and made it to the Elite Eight twice (losing by one goal each time) -- this is a work in progress.

They broke Princeton's 10-season consecutive Ivy title streak.

They were the first Ivy team to beat Princeton in consecutive years since Yale did it in the late 1980s.

They beat Syracuse twice in four years. (Fifth-year senior Ian Rosenberger, who was red-shirted in the 2003 season, beat Syracuse three times.)

And, of course, they overcame a lot... http://media.cornellsun.com/pages/uploaded_images/cover/sportcov.pdf

[ugarte]

Do not make 3 a recurring resolution. I appreciate the long posts about lax and I'm sure that I'm not the only one.

[pfibiger]

I wholeheartedly agree. Keep 'em coming (let's hope you get to post a few more!).

[billhoward]

[Q]ugarte Wrote: Do not make 3 a recurring resolution. I appreciate the long posts about lax and I'm sure that I'm not the only one.[/q]Until Ari overcomes his Minnesota blues, no one else is writing of note on Cornell's national sports of Canada.

[Al DeFlorio]

There's a live video link for the Hobart game on the Cornell athletics main page.  Please don't post this on LaxPower and the like.

[DeltaOne81]

Anyone have any luck with the video yet? The audio has started, but the video still tells me 'an error occurred'. Gonna have another fiasco like the Princeton game?

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

Anyone have any luck with the video yet? The audio has started, but the video still tells me 'an error occurred'. Gonna have another fiasco like the Princeton game?[/q]
I just get a box that pops up saying "Windows Media Player cannot connect to the server. The server name might not be correct, the server might not be available, or your proxy settings might not be correct."

Very frustrating.  No audio using the streaming video connection, just the box.

[DeltaOne81]

Hobart opens up the scoring, almost 10 minutes in, 1-0 Hobart

[Al DeFlorio]

Are you listening or watching?

[DeltaOne81]

listening, no video yet, I keep trying. I send feedback about their bull, but if they cared they wouldn't keep screwing us over repeatedly

End of the 1st, 1-0 (what is this, hockey? )

[Al DeFlorio]

Sounds like Valenti is playing out of his mind.  Can't last.

[DeltaOne81]

2-0 Hobart

[DeltaOne81]

Lotta turnovers both ways, not a ton of shots, that's the feeling I'm getting...

Cornell gets the faceoff

[DeltaOne81]

Haswell from Nee! 4:31 into the 2nd quarter

2-1 Statesmen

then Greenhalgh into the empty cage!! 2-2!! Hobart won the faceoff, Greenhalgh stole it back and fired it from afar

[DeltaOne81]

Nee from Belisle on the transition! 3-2 Red! 5:17 remaining in the 1st half

Cornell wins the faceoff